Imperial Zions : religion, race, and family in the American West and the Pacific / Amanda Hendrix-Komoto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda, author.

Series:

Studies in Pacific worlds.

Studies in Pacific Worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race--Religious aspects--Later Day Saint churches.

Race.

Race--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Polygamy--Religious aspects--Later Day Saint churches.

Polygamy.

Polygamy--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Families--Religious aspects--Later Day Saint churches.

Families.

Families--Religious aspects--Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Latter Day Church of Christ--Doctrines.

Latter Day Church of Christ.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--Doctrines.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Imperial Zions explores the importance of the body in Mormon theology with the faith's attempts to spread its gospel as a "civilizing" force in the American West and the Pacific to highlight the intertwining of Latter-day Saint theology and American ideas about race, sexuality, and the nature of colonialism"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The race and sex of God

The bonds between sisters : early Latter-day Saint ideas about the family

Redeeming the Lamanites in Native America and the Pacific

Creating polygamous domesticities

Making kin : Latter-day Saints and the politics of interracial intimacy

Native Zions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-249) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496233806

1496233808

9781496233790

1496233794

OCLC:

1344540954